The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela held a meeting with the Director of Unctad

At the meeting, the South American country’s foreign minister expressed President Nicolás Maduro’s desire to support the organization to contribute to the advancement of developing countries, the diplomat said on his Twitter account.

This ensures that these countries “can receive the benefits of a fairer and more equitable economy,” Gill said.

The Venezuelan head of diplomacy, who arrived in Switzerland to participate in the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council (DDHH), spoke on Wednesday with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.

We participated in a frank meeting on the commitments of the Bolivarian Republic to the refugees in our country, as well as to advance transparently on a common path to fulfill its mandate, as indicated on the same social network.

The agenda also included a meeting with Sudanese Minister of Justice Mohamed Saeed Al-Hilu Dong, where he agreed with him on the need to deepen a community of common interests, where self-determination, integration, peace and solidarity prevail between Venezuela. Africa.

Speaking yesterday at the plenary session of the Commission on Human Rights, the diplomat reaffirmed his country’s full commitment to human rights, and denounced the double standards used by dominant countries on this issue.

He said that we must not continue the current unfortunate trend of multiplying mandates that exploit human rights and cause serious financial repercussions for the Office’s technical cooperation and assistance work.

Gill strongly rejected and condemned the politicization and double standards applied by “very specific sectors” in this Council, in order to meet the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights next December and the 30th of the approval of the Vienna Program Declaration. from work.

He denounced that the goal is to create a parallel system that responds only to certain interests and criminalizes countries in the southern hemisphere.

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